Alden is one of three new members appointed
to the panel,
made up of individuals with diverse backgrounds in marine affairs,
that advises the secretary, the undersecretary for oceans and
atmosphere, and the director of the National
Sea Grant College Program on scientific and administrative
policy.

Established by Congress in 1966, the National
Sea Grant College Program is a partnership of academia, government,
and the private sector dedicated to the development and wise
use of the nation's coastal, ocean, and Great Lakes resources.
The program sponsors marine research, education, and outreach
through a nationwide network of colleges.

Other new appointees to the 15-member panel
are Robert Duce, professor of oceanography and atmospheric sciences
at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, and Nathaniel
Robinson a senior executive in Wisconsin's state government serving
as the administrator of the Division of Energy and Intergovernmental
Relations in Madison.

Alden has improved lobster management,
expanded the state's Marine Patrol vessel capability, and initiated
joint appointments for department scientists with the University
of Maine School of Marine Sciences. She also has been a publisher
and executive editor of fisheries publications, and initiated
the Maine Fisherman's Forum, which has become a major fishing
industry event.

Other panel members are (alphabetically):
James Arrington, associate vice president for research and graduate
studies, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg; Peter Bell,
adjunct professor with the Carnegie Institute and retired vice
president and chief scientist of the Norton Company in Worcester,
Mass.; Michael Fischer, director of the environmental program
for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, Calif.;
Carlos Fetterolf, Jr., retired executive secretary, Great Lakes
Fishery Commission, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Roger Hanson, professor
emeritus, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Frederick Hutchinson,
professor emeritus of the University of Maine in Orono; Geraldine
Knatz, (chair elect), director of planning for the Port of Long
Beach in California; Elaine Knight, co-owner and manager of
Knight's Seafood, Brunswick, Ga.; Frank Kudrna (chair), president
of Kudrna & Associates Ltd.,Chicago, Ill.; Jeffrey Stephan,
manager of the United Fishermen's Marketing Association, Kodiak,
Alaska; John Toll, chancellor emeritus, University of Maryland,
College Park; and Judith Weis, professor in the department of
biological sciences at Rutgers University in Newark, N.J.